Anybody ever buy tires off Ebay?

So you needed 10 new tires EVERY YEAR?

Why?

 

Just ignore that poster. He even admits most of his posts are lies. Any thing he says has the truthfulness of the average truck stop counter tale.

 

Winter that's why. Every late October to Early Nov depending on winter conditions every year I got a set of new 10 tires for tractor. The last 6 years of my trucking includes a new set of 10 for the coming winter every year no questions asked. Old tires are sorted, best of them go onto trailer. Rest into spares pile at trailer yard.

Because companies have been more than generous issuing new virgin in the fall I have never had to have a tow in the following winter barefoot. In addition we can be and are depended on to not hurt the tires all the rest of the new year coming. Our last set we put on 210,000 miles on them and they were more than half tread to the good. Only 10 months old when Wife and I got them with the brand new tractor.

 

Do you live in a bad winter area then I assume? Lots of snow I bet

 

Oh wow, I missed this post before I responded. I guess if hes being funny or sarcastic I definitely missed that, but to be on here just making up tall tales. Well that's not good.

 

I go where there is snow or ice alot. And so the tires come in handy. Its not about living in good or bad areas, sometimes in trucking when the Highway Patrol says the road is closed, I say not yet thanks to the new tires the company boughten.

 

I gotcha. What model tires you buy?

So you're OTR or just regional? I'm a regional guy in the northeast PA area. We get snow, but the tire burn usually last atleast 2 years. I never switch just for winter. Sounds like you go through 2 sets of tires a year. That's crazy

 

I am medically off road at the time being. I have alot of work to go through yet.

I am generally OTR long haul. Its who I am. If you check Ontario's weather you will learn that they are expecting what is essentially a crippling ice storm from Winsdor all the way past Montreal. Here in Arkansas we are expecting a regional outbreak as soon as Mr Tornado pull it together. Then snow Saturday night.

I spun out trying to get clear of the Petro at knoxville on ice with worn tires back in 1995. I asked for and got 10 new tires, I was not particular as long the sizes were right. If I had favorites it's Michelin. For cars or SUV's lean to General or Bridgestone, Hankook in particular among others. The other vehicle is carrying a set of premium generics which are quite frankly a pleasant surprise having done well this winter.

 

How long ago?
When was it you retired?
06?

 

OTR was finished beginning of 2002, I continued on as crew boss around heavy trucks in Auction house in little rock until blind in 2009. Surgery fixed that and saved my life because I was contemplating suicide that year. life could not be better. Held CDLA until 2014 or so. from the late 80's call it 30 plus years give or take. (Who cares, thats not important...)

Whats a oppertunity for me is that when the next round of surgeries are finished healing I will be picking up a permit, wait out the required time period and then take a tractor trailer into state tests and written etc. Once thats done then I start running medical loads soon after.

Name is already in the drug registry. So thats all out of the way among other things.

Hopefully this clarifies for you where I am. I'll die a trucker. On farm or OTR, however it's been a little bit of luck and medical work to get me back to DOT legal again medically. One step at a time. No rush.